mikeymad

Live at Max's Kansas City by The Velvet Underground (1972) https://album.link/i/1070716468 Example: Good recording? no.. It was after all recorded on a cassette. But a great snapshot in time..

Demon Days by Gorillaz (2005) https://album.link/i/850571319 Example: Just chilln

I still listen to Hearts turned up pretty loud. Me: Wood II Brian Bromberg (2006) https://album.link/i/339937931 Example: Good for testing and listening...

Just a bit of fun.

Happy birthday Peter. cheers

Jump Up Calypso by Harry Belafonte (1961) https://album.link/i/1087856305 Example: Did I recently watch Beetlejuice?... may be... But regardless, a really good and fun album. It has Jump in the Line, but his voice on Kingston Market is so good.

Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase, Piano Concerto, Prometheus by Vladimir Ashkenazy / Maazel (1971) https://album.link/i/1452378193 Example: I really pulled this for the Ashkenazy Concerto work. But was captivated by the Maazel, Le Poème de l'extase piece. I thought that this was a Decca release, and then discovered it was. But also London. There is a whole history there that I will let you research.

The Bygones by The Bygones (2024) https://album.link/i/1727354327 Example: New to me - discovered off an IG reel. An interesting mix of Elliot Smith, folk and jazz. Overall good production.

Lexington by Wayne Kramer (2012) https://album.link/i/858362515 Example: The harder side of jazz Friday.

oopsie... Happy birthday Peter. cheers

Okay, so I finished all 112 videos that Jenny Nicholson has posted on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/@JennyNicholson/videos One of my favs is the Dear Even Hansen breakdown that is almost as long as the movie. So I guess now that I am hooked I will be heading off to Patreon for more... (with 54,180 other people)...

Coming off HSB watching. Väsen & Hawktail by Väsen (2024) https://album.link/i/1755246244 Example: I like. I am a Britney Haas fan on the fiddle. But really well recorded. Didn't know Väsen before this. Oh wait - I did... Anyway the blending with Hawktail is really good.

Catching up on this mornings madness. https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=starship-flight-5 One of the most insane things I have seen. The catch seemed like magic. Some smart people doing hard things.

Y'all come..

Catching up on what I missed last weekend. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass ... TV https://hardlystrictlybluegrass.vhx.tv/ Free to watch - I am watching Banjo Stage for Sunday - Specifically - Aoife O'Donovan & Hawktail I need to check out the Towers of Gold Stage that featured - DakhaBrakha But I will probably let thing just run a bit. https://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/schedule Glad you could make out there @Grahame

8AM pst start. Continuing to test the grill with butts. This time, putting a 9lb bone in butt on the grilla.

Dreams by Gabor Szabo (1968) https://album.link/i/1644420785 Example: I have heard some of these works, but never the album. It is a great piece of work. Very enjoyable listen from a master. I preferred the 16 bit remaster vs the high bit rate version that I could get on Qobuz.

Yesterwynde by Nightwish (2024) https://album.link/i/1742167163 Example: Second listen through of the new Nightwish album this week. Always impressed with Floor Jansen's singing, but I also was drawn in to the writing of this album a lot. It includes the entire orchestral version of the album as well.

and.. Harlequin by Lady Gaga (2024) https://album.link/i/1770129269 Example: From The Fame Monster to Jolene to Harlequin, I am here for the many personas of Gaga..

Oooo... exposure 2010s

Bloody Tourists by 10cc (1978) https://album.link/i/1444101162 Example: 10cc on my head these days - so it is about time.... I don't like cricket (Oh no!) I love it!!

Nakamichi DRAGON drives JBL PARAGON

The Dynamic Rockers with Penny Marshall

^^ booo - blocked -- time to fire up the VPN. In the meantime - taking a more civilized look at history.

Listen to those reel-to-reels evermore my friend..